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Lifestyle Statistics > Cremation, % of deceased cremated (most recent) by state

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Rank   States  Amount 
# 1   Washington: 63.26% 
# 2   Hawaii: 62.97% 
# 3   Nevada: 61.53% 
# 4   Oregon: 60.57% 
# 5   Arizona: 57.39% 
# 6   Alaska: 55.47% 
# 7   Montana: 54.89% 
# 8   Colorado: 52.98% 
# 9   California: 52.61% 
# 10   Maine: 49.99% 
# 11   Florida: 49.4% 
# 12   New Hampshire: 49.14% 
# 13   New Mexico: 43.41% 
# 14   Idaho: 41.51% 
# 15   Vermont: 40.51% 
# 16   Wyoming: 40.01% 
# 17   Rhode Island: 37.19% 
# 18   District of Columbia: 35.83% 
# 19   Minnesota: 34.8% 
# 20   Connecticut: 33.93% 
# 21   Michigan: 33.72% 
# 22   Wisconsin: 31.12% 
# 23   Delaware: 29.7% 
# 24   New Jersey: 26.79% 
# 25   Maryland: 26.27% 
# 26   Massachusetts: 25.72% 
# 27   Pennsylvania: 25.21% 
# 28   Virginia: 23.43% 
# 29   Ohio: 23.34% 
# 30   Nebraska: 23.18% 
# 31   New York: 23.15% 
# 32   Kansas: 22.59% 
# 33   Illinois: 22.24% 
# 34   Texas: 20.17% 
# 35   Utah: 20.15% 
# 36   North Carolina: 20.06% 
# 37   Missouri: 20.02% 
# 38   Iowa: 19.18% 
# 39   South Dakota: 18.63% 
# 40   Georgia: 18.47% 
# 41   Oklahoma: 18.44% 
# 42   Indiana: 17.31% 
# 43   Arkansas: 16.78% 
# 44   North Dakota: 16.15% 
# 45   South Carolina: 15.9% 
# 46   West Virginia: 14.47% 
# 47   Louisiana: 12.98% 
# 48   Kentucky: 10.2% 
# 49   Mississippi: 7.72% 
# 50   Alabama: 7.05% 
# 51   Tennessee: 3.22% 
Weighted average: 31.2%  



DEFINITION: Percentage of deceased persons who are cremated. Confirmed figures are for 2003.

SOURCE: Cremation Association of North America. Report and additional statistics are available at CANA.

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